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Until the End of the World

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30 feature instances
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Until the End of the World	comment	Until the End of the World is a 1991 film directed by Wim Wenders, starring Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, and Max von Sydow. Intended as "the ultimate road movie", it follows the story of a runaway French party girl named Claire who gets mixed up with a couple of bank robbers and the estranged fugitive son of a brilliant scientist, and it takes place against the backdrop of an impending nuclear catastrophe, as an out-of-control satellite threatens to end civilization as we know it late in the year 1999.Various feature-length versions of the film exist, but according to Wenders one hasn't really seen the film unless one has watched the three-part, nearly five-hour cut known as "The Trilogy". Shot on four different continents, the film saw its cast and crew expand as production moved from one location to another.One other notable aspect of the film is its soundtrack, featuring an all-star ensemble of various artists such as Depeche Mode, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., and U2, among others. Most notably, the soundtrack includes "Sax and Violins", the final song written and released by Talking Heads prior to their breakup around the time of the film's release.
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Until the End of the World / int_1aa08f77	type	Multiple Endings
Until the End of the World / int_1aa08f77	comment	Multiple Endings: Provided by the use of the film's Fictional Document (see above).
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Until the End of the World / int_1d029135	type	Fictional Document
Until the End of the World / int_1d029135	comment	Fictional Document: Claire's novelist ex-boyfriend's book-in-progress, "Dance Around The World."
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Until the End of the World / int_225527db	type	Cult Soundtrack
Until the End of the World / int_225527db	comment	Cult Soundtrack: see the Future Music example below.
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Until the End of the World / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Until the End of the World / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The tracker planted on the money bag.
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Until the End of the World / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
Until the End of the World / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: There are a number of unsubtitled conversations in a variety of languages. Although they're usually non-essential to the plot, explained later, or somewhat comprehensible on context alone, those who speak the languages in use will get something extra out of them.
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Until the End of the World / int_36dcbe1c	type	Switch to English
Until the End of the World / int_36dcbe1c	comment	Switch to English: Claire variously speaks French and English, and also some German. She frequently switches to English to converse with others.
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Until the End of the World / int_4755314a	type	Magical Native American
Until the End of the World / int_4755314a	comment	Magical Native American: the Australian Aboriginals in Part III.
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Until the End of the World / int_4885c04b	type	Road Trip Plot
Until the End of the World / int_4885c04b	comment	Road Trip Plot: Wim Wenders, considered the "master of the road movie," intended this to be the ultimate example.
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Until the End of the World / int_4b5817c1	type	Truth Serums
Until the End of the World / int_4b5817c1	comment	Truth Serums: A favorite tactic of Bert the Bounty Hunter; Claire being dosed with a truth drug provides two very amusing scenes (one in Moscow as she chatters in English to a bunch of annoyed Russians, and another in Australia when, to avoid revealing information about Sam/Trevor, she answers his interrogations in her native French, which Bert, an English-speaking Australian, cannot understand).
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Until the End of the World / int_5969d512	type	Computer Voice
Until the End of the World / int_5969d512	comment	Computer Voice: "You have left the map zone, Claire."
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Until the End of the World / int_598b59a4	type	Everything Is an iPod in the Future
Until the End of the World / int_598b59a4	comment	Everything Is an iPod in the Future: The wallet-sized handheld computers everyone carried around are very prescient; Claire's futuristic binocular camera is all smooth curves. However, some technology in the film (like Dr. Farber's camera and the computers in his lab) look positively 1980's, and, other technology like handheld videophones was given a strange, neo-classical look. In one scene a character has a conversation on a hotel room videophone that looks like a miniature Greco-Roman column with a screen on top.
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Until the End of the World / int_5b40f1d	type	Future Music
Until the End of the World / int_5b40f1d	comment	Future Music: extremely well done and tasteful. In 1991 the director approached artists like Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and others, and asked them to produce music for his film like the music they thought they would be making in the year 1999, as the world is due to end.
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Until the End of the World / int_60441d9	type	Future Slang
Until the End of the World / int_60441d9	comment	Future Slang: averted. And the film still comes off as futuristic despite the absence of Future Slang.
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Until the End of the World / int_6a6c1f35	type	The Power of Rock
Until the End of the World / int_6a6c1f35	comment	The Power of Rock: A variant, the Power Of Words, saves Claire from the "disease of images" she catches after becoming obsessed with viewing her own dreams.
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Until the End of the World / int_83442cc3	type	EMP
Until the End of the World / int_83442cc3	comment	EMP: The effect of the out-of-control Indian nuclear satellite.
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Until the End of the World / int_85a782c7	type	Space Clothes
Until the End of the World / int_85a782c7	comment	Space Clothes: European party-goers in the year 1999 have some interesting fashion tastes. Lots of shiny, colorful plastic clothing. On the other hand, fedoras are popular among men.
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Until the End of the World / int_8a295a46	type	Cool Car
Until the End of the World / int_8a295a46	comment	Cool Car: the motorized European police Tuk-tuks; Chico's pink convertible that he drives while in America; and a bunch of odd, futuristic vehicles in the background throughout the film, mostly in Europe and America.
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Until the End of the World / int_8bf8adfa	type	Just Before the End
Until the End of the World / int_8bf8adfa	comment	Just Before the End: The setting.
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Until the End of the World / int_91e894b4	type	Apocalypse How
Until the End of the World / int_91e894b4	comment	Apocalypse How: Probably a Class 2 or a Class 3, but averted.
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Until the End of the World / int_91e8cd03	type	Apocalypse Wow
Until the End of the World / int_91e8cd03	comment	Apocalypse Wow: Averted. Civilization isn't destroyed by the EMP, and life goes on. Only it takes the main characters a while to realize this, since they're out of contact with the rest of civilization.
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Until the End of the World / int_a32334b4	type	Canon Discontinuity
Until the End of the World / int_a32334b4	comment	Canon Discontinuity: Word of God calls the feature-length version the "Reader's Digest version." Wim Wenders only considers the 5.5 hour long version the "real" version.
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Until the End of the World / int_a76d6304	type	Data Pad
Until the End of the World / int_a76d6304	comment	Data Pad: Everyone seems to carry around a wallet-sized personal computer.
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Until the End of the World / int_b434558	type	Video Phone
Until the End of the World / int_b434558	comment	Video Phone: Video payphones even take credit cards.
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Until the End of the World / int_b572a91c	type	Cold Cash
Until the End of the World / int_b572a91c	comment	Cold Cash: Claire uses a futuristic looking fridge to stash the bills bank robbers gave her for transporting their loot into Paris.
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Until the End of the World / int_ba9073e6	type	Land Downunder
Until the End of the World / int_ba9073e6	comment	Land Down Under: The latter half of Part II and most of Part III.
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Until the End of the World / int_d71d51fd	type	The End of the World as We Know It
Until the End of the World / int_d71d51fd	comment	The End of the World as We Know It: an out-of-control Indian nuclear satellite threatens to fall to Earth and destroy the world's digital infrastructure.
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Until the End of the World / int_f237981e	type	The Alleged Car
Until the End of the World / int_f237981e	comment	The Alleged Car: The vehicle that Gene, Philip Winter, et. al. use to pursue Claire and Sam in Australia. Actually, Australia is full of these. We even get to see a tractor pulling a train of odd, mismatched vehicles full of Australians fleeing the radioactive fallout.
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Until the End of the World / int_f32d85ab	type	20 Minutes into the Future
Until the End of the World / int_f32d85ab	comment	20 Minutes into the Future: in the year 1999, we will have talking GPS in our cars, and carry sophisticated wallet-sized computers in our pockets, but everyone still uses public (video) phones. The setting was handled very effectively though, and the film still holds up well to modern viewers. Electronics giant Sony allowed several of its prototypes to be used in the film.
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Until the End of the World / int_faf36236	type	Cyberpunk
Until the End of the World / int_faf36236	comment	Cyberpunk: Sam's father's device, a camera capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences, has the potential to make the blind see again, but the device also offers users a dangerous addiction to viewing playback of their own dreams.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Until the End of the World	hasFeature	Cold Cash / int_c04baf26
Until the End of the World	hasFeature	Cult Soundtrack / int_c04baf26
Until the End of the World	hasFeature	Films of 1990â€“1994 / int_c04baf26
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Until the End of the World	hasFeature	Switch to English / int_c04baf26

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